African Americans

  • Geronimo Pratt

    Geronimo (Janome Ji Jaga) Pratt, speech at Pasadena City College, CA in October, 1997; following his release from prison on June 10, 1997. Produced by Mark Torres.

  • Anna Deavere Smith Interiewed By Jay Kugelman

    Anna Deavere Smith, interviewed by Jay Kugelman (by phone in Los Angeles). Smith is an African American actress / performer, culture worker, and social change artist. Her performances draw from hundred of interviews she conducted with members of the Los Angeles communities suffering from racial and social injustice (Crown Heights, Los Angeles, 1992); and reflect…

  • Democracy Now! September 4, 2001

    REPARATIONS FOR THE PALESTINIANS, FOR NATIVE AMERICANS , FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS [Replay DN! Dec. 21, 1999] |NEWS HEADLINES Story: REPARATIONS FOR THE PALESTINIANS German, U.S. and east European officials sealed a historic agreement on Friday to compensate Nazi era slave workers 54 years after World War Two, offering 5 billion dollars to the former workers…

  • Eldridge Cleaver Speaks

    Eldridge Cleaver Speaks| Recorded on September 10, 1968. – CONTENT: Eldridge Cleaver, a leader of Black Panther Party, speaks at University of Rochester, recorded on September 10, 1968. – Broadcast details not available.

  • Stokely Carmichael at Whittier College : from Black power to pan-Africanism.

    Discussion of Blackpolitical activity.

  • Are the Black Panthers violent? / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson.

    Bobby Seale, Bob Avakian, and Michael Parker discuss the political activities of the Black Panthers.|ARE THE BLACK PANTHERS VIOLENT? / moderated by Elsa Knight Thompson. – Panel discussion of the alliance between the Black Panthers and the Peace & Freedom Party. Participants are Bobby Seale, Chairman of the Black Panther Party, and Bob Avakian and…

  • Alice Walker : the color purple / produced by Laurie Udesky and Corless Smith.

    This program contains an interview, a speech, and readings from Alice Walker’s book, “The Color Purple.” In the interview, Walker talks about God, faith, lesbians, publishers and writing as healing. Walker also talks about writing in dialect. The readings are intermixed with music. Walker’s talks were recorded at Old Wives’ Tales in San Francisco and…

  • The Fourth estate : interviews with James Forman and Dr. B. Watkins.

    James Forman of SNCC and author of Sammy Young, Jr.. Gerald Fraser, N.Y. Times, Ted Poston, N.Y. Post, Lennox Raphael, EVO. Discussions about conditions of Blacks in New York City. |r.1. James Forman / interviewed by Gerald Fraser, Ted Poston, and Lennox Raphael (30 min.) — r.2. Dr. B. Watkins / interviewed by G Barner,…

  • Democracy Now! February 22, 1999

    Jasper; Malcolm X; Caragena Bio-Safety Conference; UK Controversy Over Genetically Engineered Foods; Debate Between Monsato and Jeremy Rifkin; |Jasper An update on the murder trial of Bill King, a white supremist accused of dragging an African American man (William Byrd) to death. GUEST: Jeremy Scahill, reporter for Democracy Now! Malcolm X Yesterday marked the 34th…